BLACK MARBLE - DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENT Vinyl LP

Black Marble's debut EP Weight Against the Door made the Brooklyn duo a fixture in darkwave circles. Less than ten months later, bedroom producers Chris Stewart and Ty Kube return with A Different Arrangement - a full-length that trades coldwave formalism for something warmer and more expansive.The record ranges widely: Peter Hook-inspired basslines weave through radiant synth ebullience ("A Great Design"), haunted playground-bop ("Limitations"), and otherworldly sound sculpture ("Last"). The influence of synth pioneers Thomas Leer and Robert Rental is felt throughout, as is the duo's hard-line DIY ethos. "A certain handmade feeling is what we're after," says Stewart. "It's important to carry someresidue of the process... It's humanizing." A Different Arrangement is a striking evolution - the moment the radiator sputters to life after a long, cold night.

Track List:

1.1 Cruel Summer
1.2 MSQ No-Extra
1.3 A Great Design
1.4 A Different Arrangement
1.5 Limitations
1.6 U.K
1.7 Static
1.8 Pretender
1.9 Last
1.10 Safe Minds
1.11 Unrelated

Label: Hardly Art